This Week's Spelling List

Unit 3: People and Nature                             

Week 5                                                                                                                                                                                  

This week we are reading “Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks” by David Harrison.  We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story.  It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  Students are expected to practice the first 15, 20, or all 25 of the words.   Be sure to refer to the spelling rule described below.  Please listen to your child read the spelling words aloud. 

Vocabulary Words beneath, buried, chimney, earthquakes, force, fireworks, trembles, volcanoes

Spelling Rule:   WORDS with WR-, KN-, -MB, GN                                                       

The underlined consonants stand for only one sound: wrist, know, thumb, design.  Some consonants are silent.  WR sounds like “r”, KN sounds like “n”, MB sounds like “m”, and GN sounds like “n”.

1.  thumb     2.   gnaw     3.   written     4.   know     5.   climb     6.   design     7.   wrist     8.   crumb     9.   assign    10.  wrench

11.   knot       12.   wrinkle    13.   lamb    14.   knob 15.   knit

                         EXTRA CHALLENGE WORDS

16.  wrestler        17.  bologna        18.  cologne        19.  honeycomb        20.  knickknack                  EXTRA CHALLENGE     21.   wristwatch   22.   knowledgeable         23.   numbingly         24.   succumb         25.   poignant